linux-kernel - [PATCH] hardening: Remove Clang's enable flag for -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero

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Message-Id: <20220930060624.2411883-1-keescook@chromium.org>
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 23:06:24 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hardening: Remove Clang's enable flag for -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero

Now that Clang's -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang
option is no longer required, remove it from the command line. Clang 16
and later will warn when it is used, which will cause Kconfig to think
it can't use -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero at all. Check for whether it
is required and only use it when so.

Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc: llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: f02003c860d9 ("hardening: Avoid harmless Clang option under CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 Makefile                   |  4 ++--
 security/Kconfig.hardening | 14 ++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7705f749601..02c857e2243c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -831,8 +831,8 @@ endif
 # Initialize all stack variables with a zero value.
 ifdef CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
-# https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45497
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_ENABLER
+# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/44842
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index bd2aabb2c60f..995bc42003e6 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -22,11 +22,17 @@ menu "Memory initialization"
 config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
 	def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern)
 
-config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
-	# GCC ignores the -enable flag, so we can test for the feature with
-	# a single invocation using the flag, but drop it as appropriate in
-	# the Makefile, depending on the presence of Clang.
+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE
+	def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero)
+
+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_ENABLER
+	# Clang 16 and later warn about using the -enable flag, but it
+	# is required before then.
 	def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang)
+	depends on !CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE
+
+config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
+	def_bool CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_BARE || CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO_ENABLER
 
 choice
 	prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
-- 
2.34.1